Common Time Escape

Rain on my collar,

I count the steps I let it go,

I let it rest (hummmm)

I keep your sentence in my teeth

Like it still owes me

something

But the street pulls me underneath

And I start moving (ahhhh)

My head keeps looping the same reply

But my shoes don't care,

they just Find the line where the sidewalk dries And I cross

it (ooh)

I stop replaying it— I let it fall

I choose the next block,

I choose it all

If you call my name,

it hits then goes I'm not turning back,

I'm letting it go (oh-oh) (ooh) (ahhhh)

Your last word flickers in the glass Like a sign I used

to follow But my breath is warmer than the past So I

stay hollow

Then I fill up (hummmm)

I stop replaying it— I let it fall I choose the next

block, I choose it all If you call my name,

it hits then goes I'm not turning back,

I'm letting it go (oh-oh)

I don't need closure,

I need air Just a corner and a crosswalk I leave the

whole thing over there And I keep walking (ooh)